Dental Health: Pupils
Commons · Question 1485 · Tabled 24 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Question
Asked by Grahame Morris
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2024 to question 52 on Dental Health: Pupils, when the UK National Screening Committee will next review recommendations on school dental screening.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 29 Jul 2024
The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) was due to review screening for dental disease in children under nine years old in 2022/23. However, a number of reviews, including this one, were delayed due to staff depletion and delays to recruitment, follo...